BookSlice
A gamified reader: the book in slices, explanations for hard passages and word translations
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Book bots for Telegram
In short: top 4
- BookSlice — Books · bot in chat · EN
- Send to Kindle — Books · bot in chat · EN · 20 469 users a month
- Buklya — Books · bot in chat · RU, EN
- BookKicker — Books · bot in chat · RU, EN
This section lists bots for reading and listening to books right inside Telegram. There are no pirate libraries here: we collect services where you work with your own files, listen to tales from a catalog or take classics from the public domain. The readers Buklya and BookKicker accept EPUB and FB2, VoiceBooks narrates a book you send with a neural voice, Buklya for kids keeps a children's library with audio tales, BookSlice helps you read in a foreign language, and DeKnigi finds where a book is cheaper to buy.
Every card is a real bot with a verified description. Below are answers to the questions people usually bring to search.
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BookKicker
Sends a piece of your book to the chat every hour; comes with a shelf of free public-domain books
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Which Telegram bot lets you read books?
Two bots do it in different ways. Buklya turns the file you send into Instant View pages: they open instantly, with navigation and bookmarks, on a phone or a computer. BookKicker doesn't wait for you to sit down with a book; it posts a piece of text to the chat every hour, and a few dozen pages add up over the day.
Both work with your files: EPUB, FB2, TXT. Neither keeps someone else's library; bring your own book or take a free one.
Where to listen to audiobooks and fairy tales?
For children there is Buklya for kids: a library of tales and books with narration and illustrations, picks by age and the school literature list. For adults the approach is different: VoiceBooks narrates any book of yours with a neural voice, twenty voices and ten languages to choose from, free. We found no licensed ready-made audiobook library on Telegram, so there is none in the section.
Is there a bot to download books for free?
Bots that hand out paid books don't make it into the catalog: that is piracy, and such bots get blocked regularly. The one legal free option is public-domain classics. BookKicker has the /discover command for that, with shelves in Russian, Ukrainian and Polish; the book you pick goes straight to your shelf.
How to read my own EPUB and FB2 books?
Send the file to Buklya or BookKicker; both understand these formats. If the file is PDF or DOCX, VoiceBooks takes it, but as audio. BookSlice accepts EPUB and PDF and adds explanations for hard passages, word translations and game-style rewards for consistency; its interface is English and access is by subscription.
Where to buy a book cheaper?
For Ukraine there is DeKnigi: type a title, the bot compares prices across nine bookstores, shows only in-stock options from cheapest to dearest and links to the shop page. Paper, e-books and audio are searched the same way.
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FAQ
Is there a bot with free books in this section?
Only public-domain classics: BookKicker opens shelves in Russian, Ukrainian and Polish with the /discover command. There are no pirate libraries in the catalog.
Which bot will narrate my book?
VoiceBooks: send EPUB, FB2, PDF, DOCX, TXT or MOBI, pick one of twenty neural voices and listen. Free.
What should I pick for a child?
Buklya for kids: children's books and audio tales with picks by age, narration and illustrations, plus the school literature list.
Can I read a book right in Telegram without apps?
Yes, Buklya opens an uploaded book as Instant View pages with bookmarks, and BookKicker sends it to the chat in pieces every hour.